Twenty years from now..

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

So...Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Mark Twain

photo by Alessandro Visentin

३ देस ३ नाइट्स

3 Days ... 3 Nights....in my studio.
Opening the new series about "Ganga".. searching for the right colour scheme... but red keeps re-appearing everywhere. RED is MAA .. but I will try to focus on a palette of jade and ochre.
I spent some time also drawing stone lingams from the Narmada river.... turning them at times into the Cosmic egg, then back to their shapes.. very meditative..

Hommage to Lord Shiva with this little painting!

Now back at home.... back in front of the computer finalizing my partner Alessandro's website, in order for people to start booking trekkings with him in October. I hope one day to discover also the Himalayas, this region is calling me but I am not sure that I have the stamina for high altitude! Shankara will decide for me....

What an artist is or is not

Today I was "scanning" the bookshelves in my studio when I spotted a book that I'd forgotten I had: "Dance - from Magic to Art" by Lois Ellfeld.

Opening a page at random I came accross a list of characteristics of an artist. It made me laugh, some true and others not so true.. anyway if you are an artist read through and see if you recognize yourself;

Excerpt:

.. resume of fairly well-documented evidence of the behaviour of many creative people.

1. High perceptive acuity
2. sustained curiosity
3. independent and assertive
4. dedicated and involved
5. bold and courageous
6. spontaneous and enthusiastic
7. adventurous and original
8. adaptable and resourceful
9. honest and persistent
10. egocentric as well as introspective
11. emotionally responsive and excitable
12. dominant and domineering
13. irritable and stubborn
14. anxious and complex
15. skeptical, critical, and precise

The creative person is usually highly tolerant of:

1. ambiguity
2. disorder (!!! you should see my studio when I am not expecting anyone)
3. emotional instability
4. new experiences
5. puzzles and strange ideas
6. intellectual pursuits

and he has little regard for:

1. job security and routine
2. people and their opinion or trivia
3. traditional judment
4. order for the sake of orderliness
5. logic, as such
6. conventional morality
7. clubs, lodges, and social societies
8. many close friends
9. time and schedules

Well... reading the above does it make you want to be an artist or happy of being one, or grateful that you do not belong to that categorie? !!

thanks for your comments